100 Feet (2008)

Director:

Eric Red

Writer (WGA):

Eric Red (written by)

Release Date:

24 July 2008 (South Korea)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Till Death Do Us Part Wasn't Enough

Plot:

After Marnie Watson kills her abusive husband in self-defense, she is condemned to house arrest... only to discover that the house is possessed by the enraged and violent spirit of her dead husband.

Plot Keywords:

House Arrest | Ghost | Digit In Title | Number In Title

Cast

Famke Janssen	...	Marnie Watson
Bobby Cannavale	...	Shanks
Ed Westwick	...	Joey
Michael Paré	...	Mike Watson
John Fallon	...	Jimmy
Patricia Charbonneau	...	Frances
Kevin Geer	...	Father Pritchet
Evelyne Kandech	...	Patrolwoman
Kembe Sorel	...	Patrolman
Tibor Pálffy	...	Homeless man
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ken Kelsch	...	Garbage Man

MPAA:

Rated R for some strong violence, terror, language and a scene of sexuality.

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | South Korea:15 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Argentina:16 | Germany:16 | Australia:MA | Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

100 Feet Productions

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Marnie goes into the basement, her ankle bracelet starts chirping that she is more than 100 feet from the transmitter, when in actuality it is only about 20 to 30 feet above her head.

Movie Connections:

References Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

Horror meets thriller in new Famke Janssen movie

Saw this at a film fest in Germany and its really not a bad horror drama. Marnie Watson (Famke Janssen) is released from prison but has to serve the rest of her sentence under house arrest. This is the same house in which she killed, in self defense, her Police Officer husband Mike Watson (Michael Paré).

Plot wise this movie falls a little bit flat. There is no explanation to all the events that occur in this film. Shanks seems to take a very strange interest in Marnie. Even to the point of parking outside her house and watching her day and night. But there is no real reason for this, he has a hunch that perhaps Marnie didn't kill Mike. The acting overall was fine, I quite like Janssen and she played this part well. Although I thought she was very calm considering the circumstances.

Directed by Eric Red, who I knew little about. When I checked it appears he has done other films, things like Cohen and Tate, and has quite a few writing credits. There are some nice well done scenes in this film, a few jump type moments but nothing really scary. There is one quite horrific scene in the bedroom when the ghost of Mike takes a dislike to Marnie's new beau. The effects were done well, though a little bit over dramatic at the end.

This is a Horror/Thriller but I would say leans more to the Horror genre than Thriller. It could have gone more down the Thriller route, and there were enough plot lines running through to create a decent Thriller.

All in all it was an enjoyable film that held my interest, but left me asking more questions than it answered.